US EXPORTERS

Congress pushes FMC to act on carriers opting for empty boxes vs exports

Political pressure is mounting on US authorities to crack down on shipping lines that refuse to carry American exports in preference to loading empty containers.
Yesterday, 111 members of Congress jointly signed a letter calling for the FMC to hold carriers to account.
They said: “Over the past year, American producers, exporters and entire economic sectors have grappled with widespread delays, bottlenecks and increasing fees at our ports.
“These challenges are exacerbated by …

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Carriers reject US agricultural exports for empty boxes to China

The argument over the apparent refusal of many container lines to accept US agricultural export bookings in preference to returning empty containers back to China in recent months shows no sign of going away. This exhaustive analysis by industry analyst Lori Ann LaRocco, published by CNBC, has established that container shipping lines rejected some 177,938 teu of US export shipments in October and November, which is likely to lead to …

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US exporters in revolt over the cost of changing earliest return dates

US agricultural exporters are demanding shipping lines end frequent changes to earliest return dates (ERD) – the earliest an export container can be delivered to the carrier – which can incur significant extra costs.
More than three-quarters of responding exporters reported that at least 5% of their shipments incurred more costs as a result of ERD changes, according to a survey conducted by the US Agriculture Transport Coalition (AgTC) and tech company …

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Lack Of Solution To Trucking Shortage To Hurt US Exporters’ Competitiveness

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Supply chain headaches continue for US shippers over a year since the hard enforcement of the Electronic Logging Device (ELD) mandate that further exacerbated trucking shortage problems.

Congestions and delays as a result of a lack of truckers have caused an increase in overall shipping costs. According to online freight forwarder iContainers, this is expected to take a toll on US exporters, whose competitiveness on the global stage may be hurt.

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Trucking shortage to hurt US exporters, iContainers warns

Supply chain headaches continue for US shippers over a year since the hard enforcement of the Electronic Logging Device (ELD) mandate that further exacerbated trucking shortage problems.

Congestions and delays as a result of a lack of truckers have caused an increase in overall shipping costs. According to online freight forwarder iContainers, this is expected to take a toll on US exporters, whose competitiveness on the global stage may be hurt.

“The trucking shortage continues to pose problems...

https://container-news.com/trucking-shortage-hurt-us-exporters-icontainers-warns/